Collaborative Solutions for Communities

Analysis

Collaborative Solutions for Communities is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Collaborative Solutions for Communities reported income of $15.1m and spending of $14.2m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $6.6m to $15.1m (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Collaborative Solutions for Communities sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safe Passages ($15.1m), Namati Inc ($15.3m) and Access Now ($15.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 32% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.3m. At year end it held assets of $11.5m against liabilities of $7.1m, net assets of $4.4m. It reported 93 employees.